A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

"The Star Factory" cranked out Hollywood stars like nobody's business.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

A British pub embodies the spirit of a California legend.

Where the rich wintered in Pasadena.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

A Masterpiece with a Tragic History.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The last of its kind in the country.

The final resting place of a space program monolith.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.